{"title":"Burnt Ends: An Examination of Academic Librarian Burnout Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory after COVID-19","authors":"Rachel Keiko Stark, Maggie Albro, Kelli Kauffroath","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2287940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2287940","url":null,"abstract":"The authors conducted a survey containing the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory to explore the degree and type of burnout experienced by academic librarians in the spring of 2023. The average burnout sc...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139559038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generative Artificial Intelligence: 8 Critical Questions for Libraries","authors":"Laurie M. Bridges, Kelly McElroy, Zach Welhouse","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2292484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2292484","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we provide a brief overview of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs). We then propose eight critical questions that libraries should ask when ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139517804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Librarians Working with Chronic Conditions During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Susan Rathbun-Grubb","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2287942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2287942","url":null,"abstract":"This study follows up with librarians with chronic conditions who completed a survey about their work lives in early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants shared their experiences with h...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139415488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Time Matter When Greeting Patrons? Observations from a Two-Year Study in Texas Public Libraries","authors":"Kristen L. Becker","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2287943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2287943","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a 2-year study on how quickly Texas library staff members greeted a library patron after eye contact. Results from 140 library visits found a mean of nearly 4 min, but a mean ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139408206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert H. Tai, Angela D. Skeeles-Worley, Paul Dusenbery, Keliann LaConte, Jeannine Finton, Claire E. Mitchell
{"title":"More than Just the Facts: Contributions of Subject Matter Experts to Out-of-School Time Youth Programs","authors":"Robert H. Tai, Angela D. Skeeles-Worley, Paul Dusenbery, Keliann LaConte, Jeannine Finton, Claire E. Mitchell","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281343","url":null,"abstract":"Out-of-school time (OST) science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programming has positive impacts for youth, and the importance of engineering design activities and principles within STEM...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"38 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139031251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving to a Strategic Management Model: Using Bryson’s Strategy Change Cycle for Bottom-Up Virtual Strategic Planning in an Academic Library","authors":"Suzanna Yaukey","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281344","url":null,"abstract":"Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University was charged with developing a new strategic plan under new library leadership and in the midst of remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"247 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138826011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breaking Down Stigmas: Ways Academic Libraries Can Address Menstrual Insecurity","authors":"María Evelia Emerson","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281345","url":null,"abstract":"Period poverty, which is the lack of access to menstrual products, is a public health issue and impacts one in ten college students. Not having access to necessary products results in consequences ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139031098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The BUFFET PROBLEM: The Pursuit of Curating Time","authors":"Brian Mathews","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281342","url":null,"abstract":"This essay explores the challenges of workload management and time prioritization. We all experience a diverse array of tasks, obligations, and responsibilities that fill our metaphorical work plat...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139035363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GLAM Convergence Revisited: An Examination of User Perception and Experience","authors":"Mathew A. Logan, Chern Li Liew","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281340","url":null,"abstract":"Institutions in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector serve the public as institutions for cultural heritage, identity, education, experience, and leisure. The goals of thes...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Value and Impact of the Fudan University Appalachian State University Librarian Exchange: Perceptions of Participating Librarians","authors":"Margaret Gregor, Weihua Shi, Xiaorong Shao","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2023.2281338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2281338","url":null,"abstract":"This case study describes the value and impact of the ten-year Fudan-Appalachian Library Exchange Program ((FALEP)). Beginning in 2008, seven librarians from Fudan University and five librarians fr...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}